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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1950
Page
6
Increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions forecast for tonight and Sunday with lows around 42 to 48 and highs near 72 to 77, Lake Michigan area slightly cooler. Yesterday's peak 86, barometer at 29.62 to 29.70, warmest city Phoenix 103 and Boise 46 the prior day. Sunrise 4 21, sunset 7 40.
Jean Blum of 605 22nd Avenue and James Clemens Lanz of 2308 10th Street appear on license records with Josephine Webinger and John Henry Goodman Jr. listed alongside. Helen Ruth Samuelson of Brooklyn and Melvin Hen Hil of Spring Grove are noted in the same batch of licenses.
Obituary and hospital notices list the deceased George Figi aged 75 of Woodford and several surgical and medical entries from St Clare Hospital. It also records tonsillectomies and accident cases including Jeanette Thompson of Orfordville, with numerous dismissals and family mentions from local towns like Brodhead Janesville Monticello Shullsburg Blanchardville and New Glarus.
A new commemorative 3-cent stamp highlighting the 1950 Kansas City skyline went on sale today at the post office. The purple large-size issue features the city’s 1950 skyline as its central theme. Sidewalk project advances as 19th Street north side between 17th and 18th avenues gains approval, closing a 60-foot gap. Edwin Barlow of New Glarus and St Paul Gordee, 1950 West Point grad, hosted by Brooks J. Dunwiddie, plan Europe then Africa travel. Gordees to report to Panama officer’s post next month. County fair exhibits will be judged Friday at the courthouse by Mrs. Edna Mackey and Mrs. Fay Zentner.
City commission seeks applicants for police force jobs. The commission must submit a current eligibility list to the police and safety committee and Police Chief J H Schwaiger before two new officers named. Applications will be taken by the committee or department until the meeting.
Exercises in dairy cattle and home economics judging are set for 8 Monday evening at the Ralph Yeazel farm in Jordan. The Jordan 4-H club hosts nearby clubs with demonstrations by County Agent Myron E. Jeglum and Mrs. Yeazel.
Betty Rowland of Lexington Kentucky, Rollins College junior and Kentucky state champion, captured the 1950 national women's collegiate golf championship with a 5 and 3 victory.
Three Green county residents will spend two weeks at Camp Wanbeek Wisconsin Dells this summer thanks to a joint program by the Red Cross the county infantile paralysis committee and the Wisconsin association for the disabled. Dorothy Severson and Mary Ann Broughton both from York and Albany will attend July 23 to Aug 6 while Mildred Marty of Washington town will go Aug 20 to Sept 3. Severson a Gaensian Orthopedic School graduate and Broughton a Madison Orthopedic School student receive partial funding with the rest covered by camp administration funded by Easter seal sales. interested local crippled residents may apply through Miss Ruth Chase at the courthouse.
The Kiwanis club St John’s church brotherhood and Knights of Columbus funded trips with $25 each. Awards at troop 114 included tender foot badges for Boyd Trickel Baltzer and Hartwig, merit badges for Holcomb Prisk Trachsel Scherer Poff and others. Ceremony opened with candlelight and recitation of the scout oath and laws led by Alan Prisk, with former eagle scout F Royce ZumBrunnen presenting awards.
Local residents report visits across Twin Grove with families from Watertown Monroe and Juda. Post hospital return for Dickie Boll and multiple Sunday gatherings at the Bell Robertson and Chambers households. The white oak is Maryland's official state tree.
A collection of social news items lists visits and callers across Beloit Madison Darlington Monroe Green Bay and surrounding areas. Names include Mrs Peter Klein Mrs Anna Whitcomb Mr Forrest Bishop Mrs Della Schultess Mrs T C Johnson Mr and Mrs W S Steele Rev Keith Davison and others with travels to Milwaukee Land O Lakes and Centuria.
Extraordinary results from 0-9-27 fertilizer on alfalfa to be shown and explained at 1 30 Friday at George Hatfield farm Adams by C B Chapman soils specialist Wisconsin college of agriculture. Demonstration open to all farmers will occur in field west of Biggs cheese factory highway A Adams. The Ohio river has 53 dams between Pittsburgh and Cairo.
Members of the Spring Grove homemakers club led by Mrs. Herbert Mohns won prizes during a radio program stop while touring Chicago last Thursday. Attendees included Mmes. Howard Newcomer Chester Garde Orlin McClellan and others.
Misses Janet and Joyce Arnsmeier attended the Brodhead alumni banquet last Friday night and were weekend guests at the Robert Stuckey home at Davis Til. Mr and Mrs Wayne Vader and daughter spent last Friday at Beloit. Mr and Mrs Leland Skattum attended the Crandall Oil Co annual picnic at Lake Leota Evansville Sunday. Mr and Mrs Chester Albright and Annette and Mr and
Monsignor Edward J. Westenberger of Green Bay named state chaplain for the Knights of Columbus. The Very Rev. Msgr. Westenberger, superintendent of parochial schools in the Green Bay diocese, will serve for two years beginning July 1 following Bishop S. V. Bona's recommendation.
Rock county and its towns show population increases from 1940 figures in the first district census report. Beloit leads with notable gains. Janesville and Edgerton also rise while Evansville and village totals reflect steady growth across the county.
Members of Clarno Friendly Circle Homemakers and Decatur Young Idea from Brodhead joined a Milwaukee tour Wednesday. They visited Mitchell Park Conservatory, a large bakery, the filtration plant, a radio station, and the Cinderella home of Miss Gretchen Colnik. Travelers included Mrs James F Stearns, Mrs Robert Wuetrich, Mrs Paul Wuetrich, Mrs Orville Hawthorne, Mrs John Meich try, Mrs Willard Matzke, Mrs Fred Zilten er, Mrs Harold Matzke and guests Mrs Robert Keegan, Mrs Lyle Radzus, Mrs Robert Foulker, Mrs Kenneth Moyer, Mrs Frank Rossner, Mrs Alfred Trump. Marietta was a river boat building center in the 1800s.
A writ of mandamus to restore Prairie du Chien's Villa Louis to the state was studied by Circuit Judge Roland Steinle after service on Mayor William Carroll who refused to surrender the landmark. The state historical society filed the writ May 25 and asks whether a 1949 contract among the society, the F. R. Bigelow foundation and the city council was valid.
The York 4-H club held its June 13 meeting at the Postville school. Ambrose Wenger and Ralph Elmer led dairy judging at Wenger barn before returning to the school for the meeting. Mrs Julius Elmer explained the dress revue for the girls sewing class and Alice Mueller demonstrated button sewing. Mrs Carl Schmid led group singing with three Blanchardville girls. Twenty three members and thirty one parents attended. Lunch was provided by Mrs Anna Davern and Mrs Hermanson and families. The foods and nutrition group will meet June 22 with Mrs Ambrose Wenger for soups and salad lessons.
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